Essays about racial, multiracial, and interracial issuesThe following articles are from Tom Head's Race Relations Blog. You are welcome to send us your suggestions for more articles.School Districts to Crack Down on Mexican Students Who Cross Border for Education Just when it looked like the immigration debate couldn't get more controversial, a new scandal has surfaced. U.S. school districts along the California-Mexican border are hiring officials to follow students home to make sure the youths live in America. District staffers are also checking the papers of pupils to determine residency. While school districts such as the Unified School District of Calexico and the Mountain Empire School Districtreportedlysupport the move, other districts balk at hiring employees to investigate the residency status of students. San Diego Unified is one such district, as is Sweetwater Unified.Read more... School Districts to Crack Down on Mexican Students Who Cross Border for Educationoriginally appeared onAbout.com Race Relationson Sunday, August 29th, 2010 at 15:55:15. Glenn Beck to Plan Rally on Anniversary of March on Washington On the 47th anniversary of the March on Washington, Glenn Beck will lead a rally called"Restoring Honor"on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. You know, the place where theRev. Martin Luther King Jr.gave his landmark"I Have a Dream"speech. Beck says the purpose of the rally is to celebrate"upstanding citizens who embody our nation's founding principles of integrity, truth and honor,"New America Mediareports. Sounds like an honorable event, right? There's just one problem, civil rights activists aren't buying that the rally will be used to raise awareness about the poor and oppressed. Perhaps that's because thereportedaim of the rally is to"take our country back."Read more... Glenn Beck to Plan Rally on Anniversary of March on Washingtonoriginally appeared onAbout.com Race Relationson Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 02:37:02. Dr. Laura Shows How Not to Address Racism Via Her N-Word-Filled Rant The public is up in arms because radio personality Dr. Laura Schlessinger used theN-wordrepeatedly during a dispute with an African-American caller on her Aug. 10show. While I take issue with Schlessinger's repeated and callous use of the epithet, that's not what offended me most about her broadcast. More disturbing, in my opinion, are the statements Schlessinger made about race relations and what constitutes racism during her discussion with the caller.Read more... Dr. Laura Shows How Not to Address Racism Via Her N-Word-Filled Rantoriginally appeared onAbout.com Race Relationson Saturday, August 14th, 2010 at 23:28:45. Should a White Supremacist Be Able to Serve on the School Board? |
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